tatum



(No Model.)

0. TATUM.

BED PAN. No. 360,490. Patented Apr. 5, 1887.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR g (uflfim ATTORNEYJ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES A. TATUM, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO XVHITALL, TATUM & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

BED-PAN.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,490, dated April 5, 1887.

Application filed December 17, 1886. Serial No. 221,832. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,-

Be it known that l, CHARLES A. TATUM, a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Irn 5 provenieut in Bed-Pans, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to bed-pans; and it has for its object to provide such pan with a cnshion which can be attached to any of the existing forms.

Heretofore, where a bed-pau was provided with a cushion, the pan had to be of a particular construction, and therefore was more expensive than the addition of the cushion would warrant.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aplan view of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line a 0, Fig. 1.

A is the bed-pan, which is one of the forms commonly in use. This pan is provided with the spout B on one end and the projection D on the other. Resting on the pan A, so as to surround the opening a therein, is an annular air-cushion, E, which is wider at one end than 25 the other, so that Where the greatest pressure will take place the cushion will be largest. This cushion is secured to the bed-pan by a pocket, F, formed on one end of the cushion fitting over the projection D, and by the strap G, passing around the spout B. The pocket F may be replaced by a hook or hooks, which engage the edges of the projection D. The cushion E is of rubber or other suitable material, and is provided with the usual inflatingtube, H. This form of cushion is readily detached, requires no special form of'bedpan,

and is inexpensive to make.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of a bed-pan with an air-cushion having the pocket or hook F and strap" G, substantially as described.

2. Au air-cushion, E, having the pocket or hook F and the strap G, substantially as described.

G. A. TATUM.

XVitnesses:

HARRY M. TUEK, CHARLES G. M. Tnonas. 

